Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced an ambitious $5 billion neighborhood reinvestment initiative on Tuesday as part of his agenda to turn the city into the best place to raise a child.

“Even as Atlanta has prospered, there is still an untold story that we must confront if we are going to take our city to even greater heights,” Dickens said. “What Atlanta has had is tremendous growth, but what we have lacked is balanced growth for decades now.”

The mayor’s plan, named the Atlanta Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative, aims to invest directly into the south and west sides of the city — areas that have long been neglected. Dickens said his team found more than $5 billion in potential investments and projects that could help to “balance” Atlanta’s ongoing development.

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